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On the beautiful island of Aegina, in the Saronic gulf, less than an hour from Piraeus by boat, dominates the Holy Trinity monastery with the imposing church of Saint Nectarios. It is located near the village Kontos, opposite to the hill of Palaiochora (i.e. the medieval Aegina), just 6 km from the port. At the same place, during the Byzantine ...
Agios Nektarios of Aegina (1846-1920), is one of the most widely known Greek Orthodox Saints. He was officially recognized as a saint by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1961.
Saint Nektarios of Aegina, is the most widely known of Greek Orthodox Saints of the last two centuries. He was born in October 1st, 1846 in Selybria in Eastern Thrace (now in Turkey). He was one of seven children of Dimosthenis and Mpalou Kefalas and at Holy Baptism was given the name Anastasios.
The Monastery of Agios (Saint) Nektarios is the most important religious monument of Aegina, located 6 km from the center of Aegina Town. The monastery was founded by the Bishop of Pentapolis Nektarios around the period of 1904-1910, after the request of several nuns.
A beautiful monastery and site of pilgrimage for all those who seek healing and guidance from the Holy Saint Nectarios. The saints relics are housed in a coffin inside the holy trinity monastery and this is venerated with faith by people all around the world.
Saint Nektarios. The Monastery of Saint Nektarios was built around 1904-1910 by the bishop Pentapoleos Nektarios. Nektarios lived in the Monastery and died in 1920. In 1961 he was declared a Saint. The Monastery is on the road to Saint Marina and it's about 6 kilometers away from the town of Aegina. The church has two tall bell-towers and 4 ...
When, at some point, Saint Nektarios met Chrysanthis Strongylou (who later became an abbess), a blind and pious woman, she became the first stone to set up the monastery in Aegina. Chrysanthi along with a few other women wished to unite and seek a spiritual guide, which they found in the face of St. Nectarios.
